Should the Raptors Pursue a S&T with Miami?
The new poll on the site asks this question:
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I say, yes. Michael Beasley is a talent we can either use or ship in a trade. Mario Chalmers is a backup PG which we need once we ship out Jose Calderon.
With Bosh gone, Amir re-signed, and our cap-holds released, we have about $2M of salary-cap space which doesn't mean a thing so to say that the cap space released by Bosh walking away is going to come to use is unrealistic.
If Bosh has already agreed to a deal that apparently is a straight sign what incentive does Miami have for offering to change it to a S&T?
I see no reason that the Heat would give up anything if Bosh isn't asking them to. It is clear that Bosh has cut all ties with Canada so I really don't understand the reason behind the poll.
Clarification would be appreciated.
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Yes indeed!
We need to accumulate as much young talent and trade assets (TPE) as possible in order to give ourselves as many future options and possibilities to successfully rebuild this franchise.
As it stands, we are approx. $2M from the salary cap which doesn't leave us with any money to sign any of the dozens of quality free agents that are presently available.
I will be absolutely shocked if BC doesn't agree to a s&t deal for, at the very least, Beasley & a $12+M TPE.
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Bosh is certainly not going to refuse to accept the extra money and year on his contract. The idea is to make it worth Miami's while, too. Yes, I am self promoting here, but instead of typing out my argument again and again, I wrote it on my blog once...Buddahfan wrote:
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The idea is that if the Raptors agree to take Beasley back, it gives the Raptors a little leverage and gives the Heat incentive to do a deal.
hell yes what about the rick buecher reporting? we need at the least to acquire a couple 1st rd picks and someone like chalmers i dont really care if we get beasley or not but hell yes we need to get something in return
I say yes. If they can get picks, a TPE and Beasley then that's pretty good. Even Beasley's biggest opponents must realize that he only has a year left on contract. That's low risk in my books and the Heat probably jump all over it to create more cap for other guys.
Yeah, we need the S&T. Either a first rounder and Beasley and TPE, or just a conditional that has no chance of ever happening, plus the TPE. Failing to get at least a TPE would, in my opinion be a major failing on the part of Colangelo.
As far as I can tell Riley gave Bosh a reach around and told him not to go for a sign and trade and so Bosh told the Raptors to screw off.
Either that or Colangelo is sticking it to Riley out of spite for raping him the second time. Colangelo will have alot of questions to answer to if he didn't wish to acquire anything back.
Hi Tim,
If the Heat are still pursuing LeBron then I can see why they'd be happy if we took Beasley, but I don't see what would compel them to take anything back in the trade. I would submit that offering to take Beasley is the only thing that would make Riley consider a S&T at all. Why would he take back pieces if he's trying to get rid of one?
I agree with Buddhafan. Riley has Bosh. He really doesn't need anything else of us.
Absolutely, a S & T is necessary.
I am not interested in 2-3 years of painfully watching the Raptors rebuild again!!!!!
Take back Beasley, Chalmers , draft picks & Large TPE. Give them Calderon to seal the deal.
Lets get Al Jefferson or Okafor & Collison and we will be OK.
We need Beasley in the S&T, if not, then we'll be under the cap and lose our MLE (Kleiza?).
Though if we're truly rebuilding then that doesn't matter really..
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You are dancing around the reality as I understand it.
Bosh has already accepted the Miami offer and it doesn't include a S&T. That is my understanding.
Not everyone is as greedy as you make them out
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That's only correct if they renounce their exceptions.
Source: Larry Coon's NBA Salary Cap FAQ20. How do exceptions count against the cap? Does being under the cap always mean that a team has room to sign free agents? Do teams ever lose their exceptions?
If a team is below the cap, then their Disabled Player, Bi-Annual, Mid-Level and/or Traded Player exceptions are added to their team salary, and the league treats the team as though they are over the cap. This is to prevent a loophole, in a manner similar to free agent amounts (see question numbers 29, 30, 31, 32). A team can't act like they're under the cap and sign free agents using cap room, and then use their Disabled Player, Bi-Annual, Mid-Level and/or Traded Player exceptions. Consequently, the exceptions are added to their team salary (putting the team over the cap) if the team is under the cap and adding the exceptions puts them over the cap. If a team is already over the cap, then the exceptions are not added to their team salary. There would be no point in doing so, since there is no cap room for signing free agents.
So being under the cap does not necessarily mean a team has room to sign free agents. For example, assume the cap is $49.5 million, and a team has $43 million committed to salaries. They also have a Mid-Level exception for $5 million and a Traded Player exception for $5.5 million. Even though their salaries put them $6.5 million under the cap, their exceptions are added to their salaries, putting them at $53.5 million, or $4 million over the cap. So they actually have no cap room to sign free agents, and instead must use their exceptions.
Teams have the option of renouncing their exceptions in order to claim the cap room. So in the example above, if the team renounced their Traded Player and Mid-Level exceptions, then the $10.5 million is taken off their team salary, which then totals $43 million, leaving them with $6.5 million of cap room which can then be used to sign free agent(s).
Possible sneaky move by Pat Riley....
I believe Riley and Wade wanted Bosh to say to the media that he's going to the Heat so they can corner Colengelo. Bosh gets his max deal and Riley benefits from forcing us to take his pieces. Just my 2 cents.
Maybe. Colangelo is reported to be playing hard ball with the S&T scenarios. Bosh wants that extra $30M, everyone knows it and for that reason Bosh has to be leaning towards wanting the Heat to find something that makes Colangelo happy. Any way we spin it we're still talking about $30M on the table in a S&T scenario for Bosh and he's the guy who decides where he's going.
You think Bosh is less greedy than the average player? I would find that to be a shocking revelation.You are dancing around the reality as I understand it.
Bosh has already accepted the Miami offer and it doesn't include a S&T. That is my understanding.
Not everyone is as greedy as you make them out
I think everyone is still playing poker, but all the cards are on the table. Riley has the wining hand, but in order to make everyone happy he has to give back some money so that they will come play again.
He has been trying to unload Beasely and clearly doesn't want or need him with Bosh, it strategically makes sense for all parties involved so it really doesn't make sense why it won't happen.
I assume BC is trying to get the raps pick back, but Riley wants to stubbornly hold onto it as a trophy of war.
If BC can get the pick back he should also reserve the right to swap picks in any of the next 5 years.
I hope you are right because it will look pretty bad when an NBA player essentially gives up 30 million dollars to not to play in your city in favour of another.
Well, there was a rumor that the reason why Bosh, LeBron and Wade couldn't land in Miami was because Bosh wasn't willing to give up max money like the other two because he doesn't make the same kind of endorsement money as them on the side. If that's true then who knows...
Did you ever think that maybe Riley is better off trading Beasley on his own just to fill out the remaining holes in his roster?!
If Riley some how convinced Bosh to leave 30 Million dollars on the table then he deserves GM of the year award before the seasons starts.
Exactly! I just can't really see Bosh leaving the $30 million. I hope Colangelo stays strong throughout this process. Just have to wait and see.
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